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enShaking up Graffiti in New York Cityhttp://www.wfuv.org/news/news-politics/131013/shaking-graffiti-new-york-city
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Amidst books, museum exhibition, the aerosol art icon 5Pointz is set to be torn down. </div>
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<p>With London-based graffiti artist <a href="http://www.banksyny.com/">Banksy</a> painting walls all over New York City, October&#39;s been a big month for graffiti.</p>
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<p>The Museum of the City of New York in East Harlem is helping. Sunday afternoon, renowned graffiti artists Daze and Lady Pink set up on the museum&#39;s terrace and spray painted two huge canvasses. They were promoting a new book, &quot;City as Canvas&quot; which documents the early days of the graffiti art movement.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was a beautiful day. Families watched them paint and young fans got autographs from the two legends of the genre. The Museum&#39;s opening a major graffiti exhibition with their works and many others in February.</p>
<p><img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/XSVEUHQ.jpg?1" style="width: 600px; height: 448px;" /></p>
<p>But the future doesn&#39;t look so bright across the East River in Long Island City. Last week, the City Council approved the rezoning of graffiti-Mecca 5Pointz.&nbsp; That paves the way for a new luxury apartment building where the every-changing art-covered warehouse once stood. Some say it could be razed by the end of the year.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Daze said graffiti culture&#39;s been dealt a serious blow.</p>
<p>&quot;If you had a friend that was coming into town and wanted to paint something legally, you could do it there,&quot; he said. &quot;It&#39;s a shame. Over the years it had become a tourist destination as well.&quot;</p>
<p>Over on the other side of the terrace, Lady Pink wasn&#39;t as worried. She said it was never a place for the underground &quot;vandals&quot; that keep the culture alive.</p>
<p>&quot;And certainly they don&#39;t care to paint in the daylight. They were not frequenting 5Pointz,&quot; she said. &quot;So the actual graffiti culture of New York remains untouched.&quot;</p>
<p>Still, Lady Pink says it&#39;s a great loss for the artists.&nbsp; With her spray cans, she was painting an ode to the old warehouse.</p>
<p>[More photos to come, courtesy of MCNY!]</p>
News & Politics5Pointzaerosol artBanksyDazegraffitiLady PinkLong Island CityMCNYMuseum of the City of New YorkNew York CityNYCMon, 14 Oct 2013 01:02:52 +0000Jeff Coltin50007 at http://www.wfuv.org